Radial distribution of stellar motions in Gaia DR2
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By taking advantage of the superb measurements of position and velocity for an unprecedented large number of stars provided in Gaia DR2, we have generated the first maps of the rotation velocity, Vrot, and vertical velocity, Vz, distributions as a function of the Galactocentric radius, Rgal, across a radial range of 5 < Rgal < 12 kpc. In the R − Vrot map, we have identified many diagonal ridge features, which are compared with the location of the spiral arms and the expected outer Lindblad resonance of the Galactic bar. We have detected also radial wave-like oscillations of the peak of the vertical velocity distribution.
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- Authors
- Kawata, D., Baba, J., Ciucă, I., Cropper, M., Grand, R. J. J., Hunt, J. A. S., & Seabroke, G.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (JP)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Corresponding author
- Kawata, Daisuke
- ORCID
- Venue
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2018-06-14
- Volume
- 479
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- L108-L112
- ISSN
- 1745-3925 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-3933
- OpenAlex
- W2799258675
- Cited by
- 119
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 13
- FWCI
- 8.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (publishedVersion)
- Liverpool John Moores University (acceptedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Science & Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000811/1)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18K03711)
- STFC Doctoral Training Partnerships (ST/N504488/1, ST/H008861/1, ST/H00887X/1)
- BIS National E-infrastructure capital (ST/K001590/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Keywords
- galactic rotation velocity, vertical velocity distribution, galactocentric distance, spiral arms, outer Lindblad resonance, galactic bars, Gaia DR2
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